The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 97

97 /182

On Tuesday, Rosario was still trying to get close to Sean. I didn’t know if there was anything I could do, so I just stood by. I knew this might not work out, but she wanted to make him more confident in who he was. She wanted to make him feel accepted.

Link told me I needed to be focusing on my own issues. I told him about the dream I had Friday night. He said it sounded like my mind trying to cope with the idea of being taken again. Like it was preparing for something I couldn’t be saved from. Link said it was pretty normal and that I needed to do affirmations of safety and security. I promised to try.

The day was like our new normal at school. Several of Harmony’s friends hadn’t come back from renewing old acquaintances. Melissa never sat with us anymore. Every table she sat at ended up clearing as she got there. I felt a little bad for her.

Rosario was always with us now. She told me she was my liaison to the fae. Her mother wanted her to pass along everything that I needed to know and she would pass back information.

For the most part, we were able to keep our true nature from the humans that sat with us. Harmony could mindlink with the pack, so she would talk to them that way. Now that I was able to hear Gray and Victor, Amy was teaching me her trick for mental communication.

She was a great teacher and I was starting to get the hang of it. We found that I didn’t need to be very close to communicate with people, but, for me to hear them, they needed to really focus on me. Amy said I would probably get better with it and not need as much concentration from others as I became healthier.

My manifestation of my werewolf abilities was a clear indicator to her that I was slowly getting better. She said I was starting to have the scent of pack wolf mixed with my natural scent. Lucien was a lot more relaxed around me because of it. I would miss them when they were gone.

Over the last few days, I’d found myself talking to Lucien and Amy as if they were my sister and brother. They always had answers to my questions, never talked down to me, and wouldn’t tease when I didn’t know something common. Not that Dillon teased, he just looked at me with such pity that I couldn’t bear to talk with him about things.

Amy recommended that I did, though. She told me that Dillon taught her a lot of things about the world and he always treated her as if she was an equal and not an innocent for not knowing things. I was probably different. Everyone said how innocent I was all the time.

It’s not like I enjoyed being innocent. I wanted to be confident and take charge. I wanted to say the things on my mind. I was just muted from years of being taught not to speak without permission. I was still figuring out who I was outside of my old house.

When Wednesday finally came, I was thrilled. I wanted to find something useful. Something that would give us what we needed to figure out the curse. I wanted the curse to be in the past. I didn’t like it hanging over our heads like it was.

After training, we said goodbye to Amy and Lucien. They would be heading to her old pack before going home. She said she wanted to be there early enough to see her family before the ceremony began.

“We’re kind of working against the clock.” She chuckled. “Very soon, my heat is going to start and we need to be somewhere comfortable.”

“What’s that?” I asked.

“It’s the mating urge that wolves have. Rogues only get it every six months, instead of every month like pack wolves. It’s been six months since my pups were born. My friend, Cara is already pregnant with her first pup. We wanted to try and have our babies together, so I’m going to ride that Alpha until I’m pregnant again.” She winked.

“My sister will have that?” I asked.

“She probably already has had her first heat.” Amy said.

“Will I have one?” I wondered.

“I doubt it. It’s really a shapeshifter thing. I bet you’ll be more like a vampire that way. They don’t actually lose their fertility, in females at least, until they’ve been dead a year. They don’t have heats or periods, though. When was your last period?” She asked.

“What’s that?”

“It’s that time once a month when you bleed.” Amy explained.

“From where?” I asked.

“You’ve never had a period, have you? You would know from where when I talked about bleeding if you had.” She laughed. “I think you need to talk to Talia or Marius about vampire fertility. I only know that females lose the ability to get pregnant a year after they’re reborn.”

“I need to figure it out. Gray and Victor both want families. I want to be able to know when the best time is. One day, I want to be a mom, too.” I admitted.

“Make sure you’re ready. Babies change your entire life.” Amy smiled.

“Were you ready?”

“Ready and eager. I can’t even tell you how happy I was when I found out I was pregnant. I’ve always wanted a family. I very big, loving, family. Lucien and I are thinking about a dozen kids.” She said.

“I don’t think I could handle that many. Maybe four. Two for Gray and two for Victor. I think I could handle four.” I replied.

“You should talk to them about it and talk to Talia about birth control options. Some human methods might actually work for you. Like, other than condoms. You need to decide when the best time is and you need to make sure you don’t leave out your mates. They’re as big a part of your family plan as anything else.” Amy told me.

I nodded and went to get ready for going to see Gray’s great-grandparents. They told me to call them Gammy and Grampy. They made me feel so happy and accepted, I couldn’t wait to spend the day with them.

When I met Gray in the entryway, he was also wearing comfortable jeans and a t-shirt. I was fairly certain I had made the right choice, but that made me feel better. He smiled at me and took my hand.

“Ready for a long day of hard work?” He asked.

“It’s been a while, but I’m pretty sure I remember how to work hard.” I giggled.

“I hope so. I’m counting on you to do most of the heavy lifting while I eat all the pie Gammy has in her house.” Gray joked.

“Sounds like you know your skill set then.” I laughed.

“If you need a pie eaten, I’m your man.” He winked.

I hadn’t noticed Dillon enter until he started laughing. The confused look on our faces made him laugh even harder. We shrugged and headed out to the truck.

During the ride to his great-grandparents’ house, I talked with Gray about school stuff. We were going into the last few weeks of school. It was my first time experiencing the close of school. He told me about how graduation would go, we would actually graduate half way through May and wouldn’t have to go to school after that.